Hay curing and stacking device.



J. F. HARRIS.

HAY CURING AND STACKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1013.

1,080,441 Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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JOHN F. HARRIS, OF PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA.

HAY CURING AND STAGKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed March 7, 1913. Serial No. 752,778.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JonN F. llamas, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pickens, in the county of Pickens and State Of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay Curing and Stacking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hay curing and stacking devices, and it has for its object to produce a simple and eflicient support on which hay may be piled for the purpose of supporting it while curing in the semblance of a stack.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and e'llicient collapsible supporting device of the character described. l

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient collapsible supporting device including a tripod and a stat? extending upwardly therefrom, said staff forming a support about which the upper portion of the stack may be piled.

WVith these and. other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel ar 'angement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and. modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved device extended in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a side view, showing the device folded for storing or transportation. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. Fig. l :is a vertical sectional view taken through the stack supported on the improved device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved device is composed of a plurality of legs 1 that are pivotally connected with a spider 2. Said spider, as will be best seen in Fig. 3, may be composed of a plurality of angular pieces or straps of metal 3 which are riveted or otherwise connectcd togetlwr to form a plurality of arms i radiating from a central hub 5. Each of the legs 1 is provided at its upper end with a notch or keri (S engaging one of the arms 4t with which it is connected by a pivotal member such as a bolt 7, enabling said legs to be spread apart, as seen in Fig. 1, when the device is to be used. The said legs may also be swung about the axes of their re spective pivots and folded together or collapsed, as shown in Fig. 2, when the device is to be stored or shipped. The legs 1 are provided in their outer faces with spikes or projections that extend obliquely in an upward direction when the device is in position for use, as seen in Fig. 1.

9 is a stall, the lower end of which is fitted in the hub 5 of the spider, from which, when the device is in operation, it extends in an upward direction. To collapse the device for storage or shipment, the legs are swung or folded upwardly with respect to the spider so that they will be positioned around the staff 9, as seen in Fig. 2, the spikes 8 being now disposed inwardly with respect to the legs, and said spikes being positioned between the legs 1 and the stall S).

In using the improved device, the limbs are extended, as seen in Fig. 1., with the stail' 9 projecting upwardly from the hub of the spider. Hay may then be piled upon the legs 1 where it is supported on the spikes S in such a fashion as to be partially elevated from the ground, thereby protecting the hay from the ground when the latter is wet, and also permitting air to circulate beneath the stack and in the space between the extended legs 1. As the hay dries and settles in a downward direction, it will still remain supported on the spikes, but it will somewhat reccdc from the upwardly extending stall 9, as seen in Fig. at, thereby :lacilitating the free upward circulation of air. lVhcn thus piled and supported. the hay will be cured in a quic and satis'tactm-y manner, and injury to the hay even when the latter is stacked in a wet state will be avoided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A device of the character described comprising a spider having adial arms and legs pivotally connected with said arms, said of the spider and extending upwardly therelegs being provided with upwardly eXtendfrom. 10 ing obliquely disposed spikes. In testimony whereof I afliX my signature 2. A hay curing device comprising a spider in presence of two Witnesses. 5 having radially extending arms and a hub, JOHN F. HARRIS.

legs connected pivotally with the arms and Witnesses: having outwardly extending obliquely dis- U. A. EDENS, Jr., vposed spikes, and a stafi fitted in the hub M. G. SMITH.

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